A. The history of the city
B. The city attracted all kinds of immigrants and developed its multi-cultures.
C. The brief introduction to New Orleans
D. The origin of Jazz
E. The population of the city
F. African people arrived and they brought their own traditions including music. | | 完形填空。 | The wedding took place in a Birmingham hotel. The bride and her father 1 in a new black American sports
car. Her father looked nervous and uncomfortable in front of the 2 . The bride wore a silk wedding dress. She
smiled 3 at the waiting photographers and went to a room on the first floor where she met her future husband
for the 4 first time.
Carla Germaine and Greg Cordell were the 5 of a radio station"s competition. The aim of the competition
was to find two strangers prepared to 6 without having met each other. Miss Germaine, 23, is a model. Mr.
Cordell, 27, is a TV salesman. They were among the two hundred people who entered for a 7 "experiment"
organized by BMRB radio in Birmingham, England. Greg and Carle were 8 eight finalists who were interviewed
live on 9 . They 10 a lie detector test and the station also spoke to their friends and family about their 11 .
The competition judges 12 an astrologer (占星家) who declared that they were suited.
The 13 celebrated their wedding with a wedding breakfast and a party for 100 guests in the evening, but not
everyone 14 their joy. Miss Germaine"s mother looked 15 throughout the wedding and Mr. Cordell"s parents
are reported to be less than delighted. Organizations, including the marriage guidance service Relate, have 16
the marriage. As one person put it, "We have enough problems getting young people to take marriage 17
without this. Marriage should always be about love."
The couple are now on a Caribbean 18 followed by journalists. Their other 19 include a year"s free use a
wonderful apartment in the centre of Birmingham,and a car. But will it 20 ? | ( )1.A. left
( )2.A. car
( )3.A. happily
( )4.A. so
( )5.A. winners
( )6.A. fight
( )7.A. ordinary
( )8.A. beyond
( )9.A. air
( )10.A. held
( )11.A. competition
( )12.A. included
( )13.A. family
( )14.A. expressed
( )15.A. happy
( )16.A. welcomed
( )17.A. lightly
( )18.A. hiking
( )19.A. gifts
( )20.A. end | B. arrived
B. bridegroom
B. guiltily
B. very
B. rivals
B. marry
B. normal
B. out of
B. newspaper
B. failed
B. lies
B. consisted
B. radio
B. shared
B. exhausted
B. praised
B. carefully
B. voyage
B. prizes
B. begin | C. went
C. cameras
C. innocently
C. quite
C. losers
C. date
C. surprising
C. among
C. magazine
C. took
C. personalities
C. grouped
C. couple
C. enjoyed
C. anxious
C. mentioned
C. seriously
C. journey
C. wishes
C. last | D. got
D. church
D. nervously
D. rather
D. beginne rs
D. kiss
D. peculiar
D. above
D. TV
D. prepared
D .hometowns
D. formed
D. astrologer
D. united
D. pleased
D. criticized
D. carelessly
D. honeymoon
D. blessings
D. finish | | 阅读理解。 | The blockbuster film Titanic has brought millions of dollars and thousands of people to the theaters and
continues to touch people today in their homes. Why is this film so successful? It is a combination of many
different things. Among these are many different elements. Looking at some of these elements will show how
the director and others involved were able to create an emotionally charged movie that appealed to millions.
The film uses one thematic (主题的) element called The Truth of Human Nature. The two main characters
seem to represent noble people. Most of the other characters in the film are shown as non-tolerant, rude and
cold-hearted people. The element of focusing on the two main characters" love and emotion seems symbolic
of an ideal state.
There are also social problems addressed. This is done in a few different ways. The most noticeable way
is that the lower class people remain locked in the basement as the ship goes down. Throughout Titanic, the
lighting is very important. The poor, lower class people are always shown in very warm-colored light that gives
them a sense of life and happiness. On the other hand, the rich, upper class are always shown in a flat light
portraying the feeling of hardness and coldness. By using these techniques, they show the issue of class
segregation (种族隔离), and they create stereotypes. The main characters are able to break free of these
stereotypes and be together. This is the solution to the segregation problem.
As you can see, Titanic took a lot of thinking and preparation to film in a manner that would create emotion
and bring to the surface the issues and story of the great ship. | | 1. The underlined word "blockbuster" in the first paragraph probably means "_____". | A. something very successful
B. a highly explosive bomb
C. something worth a lot of money
D. a touching story | 2. In Titanic, the scene of the lower class people remaining locked in the basement as the ship goes down
is used to _____. | A. criticize non-tolerant and cold-hearted rich people
B. enlarge the spectacle of the film
C. criticize the reality of the society
D. emphasize the condition of the poor at that time | | 3. Why were different colours of light used in the film Titanic? | A. They were used to show the difference between the rich and the poor.
B. The director was determined to achieve good visual effect.
C. The social status was represented by the colour of light in the past.
D. The use of light was the main technique the director made use of. | | 4. What can we infer from the passage? | A. The segregation problem in the society can be solved by using the light.
B. Though love is the main theme of Titanic, it also reflects some social problems.
C. Because of the director"s talents, the film Titanic achieved great success.
D. In the film Titanic there are two characters altogether. | | 5. The writer mainly talks about _____ in this passage. | A. the process of shooting Titanic
B. the leading actor and actress in Titanic
C. the main techniques used in Titanic
D. the outline of Titanic | | 阅读理解。 | There are a number of special days of the year that are celebrated in different countries. The origins of most
of the days are unknown. They were certainly not created by individual people. Other days, however, especially
those celebrated in western countries, often owe their origins to a particular person. One of the most popular of
these, even though it is fairly recent, is Mother"s Day. Mothers have always been highly regarded in all cultures.
The ancient Romans had a festival known as Hilaria, during which children took presents to the temple of the
"Mother of the Gods". The Christian Church adopted this idea and called it Mothering Sunday. However, over
the years this custom was gradually forgotten and almost disappeared by the end of the 19th century.
Born in 1864 in Virginia, USA, Anna Jarvis was a school teacher and believed children should show gratitude
to their mothers for all their love and care. Encouraged by a friend, she wrote to thousands of important people-
politicians, churchmen, doctors, city officials-and asked them to support her idea: a special day of the year for
thanking mothers.
In 1910 the Governor of West Virginia introduced Mother"s Day into the state. The date chosen was May
10-the second Sunday in May, which is still observed in America today. This date was chosen because May 10
was the date on which in 1908 Anna Jarvis"s mother had died. In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson made May
10 the official date for Mother"s Day throughout the United States.
Soon there was a Mother"s Day International Association and the custom began to be adopted in many
countries of the world.
Anna Jarvis, a sad and disillusioned woman, died in 1948. The custom she had worked so hard to establish
and which had become almost universal had lost its original purpose. It had been taken over by business. As
with Christmas, the giving of presents and the sending of cards had become a multi-million-dollar industry. | | 1. The story is about _____. | A. Mothering Sunday for Christmas
B. the origin of a special day for mothers
C. President Wilson and Anna Jarvis
D. how people celebrate Mother"s Day | | 2. Hilaria was a festival in _____. | A. ancient Rome
B. America
C. China
D. the Christian Church | | 3. Anna Jarvis wanted to _____. | A. thank her mother for her care
B. introduce a celebration for mothers
C. meet thousands of important people
D. make her pupils celebrate her on Mother"s Day | | 4. May 10 became the date for Mother"s Day because _____. | A. May is in the American spring
B. it was the second Sunday in May in 1910
C. President Wilson liked the date
D. this was the date that Anna Jarvis"s mother died | | 5. Unfortunately, Anna Jarvis was not happy with Mother"s Day when she died because _____. | A. her mother was not there to see it
B. she had never been a mother herself
C. people were too interested in making it a business
D. no one gave any presents or cards to their mothers | 任务型阅读。
根据短文内容，从下框的A-F选项中选出能概括每一段的主题最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。 | 1.______
Culture consists of all shaped products of human society. This means not only such materials things as
cities, organizations and schools, but also non-material things such as ideas, customs, family patterns, and
languages. Putting it simply, culture refers to the entire way of life of a society, "the ways of people".
2.______
Language is a part of culture and plays a very important role in it. Some social scientists consider it the
keystone of culture. Without language, the maintaining of culture would not be possible. On the other hand,
language is shaped and influenced by culture. In broadest scene, language is the symbolic representation of
a people and it comprises their historical and cultural backgrounds as well as their approach to life and their
ways of living and thinking.
3.______
We should not go further into the relationship between language and culture. What we need to be stressed
is that the two interact, and that understanding of one requires understanding of the other. Language carries
culture and culture gives language characteristics. There is no language living without culture or culture without
language.
4.______
Social scientists tell us that cultures differ from one another, that is to say, each culture is unique. As
cultures are diverse, languages are diverse. It is only natural that with differences in cultures and differences
in languages, difficulties often arise in communicating between cultures and across cultures. Thus
understanding is not always easy.
5.______
Learning a foreign language well means more than merely mastering the pronunciation, grammar, words
and idioms. It also means learning to see the world as speakers of that language see it. Learning the ways in
which their language reflects the ideas, customs and behaviors of their society, learning to understand "their
language of the mind." Learning a language, in fact, is inseparatable from learning its culture. | A. Understanding is not always easy due to diversity of both culture and language.
B. Learn its culture when learning the language.
C. The close relationship between language and culture.
D. What is culture?
E. Culture and language are interactive and unseparated.
F. The important role that language plays in culture. |
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